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Patna, Jul 9: Four persons were on Tuesday arrested in connection with a burglary in BJP MP Giriraj Singh's house here and Rs.1.14 crore cash, 600 US dollars, gold and silver jewellery and six luxury watches purportedly stolen from there recovered, police said. The four accused including the Nawada MP's bodyguard, domestic servant, apartment security guard and another accomplice entered his flat

Mangalore, Jul 9: The District Crime Investigation Bureau (DCIB) Inspector Basheer Ahmed who was accused of allegedly framing a local BJP leader in drug case has been transferred on the grounds of “dereliction of duty”. The Additional Superintendent of the Police Shivkumar, has confirmed the transfer by the Karnataka Home Ministry in a letter on July 8. It may be recalled that BJP leader and

New Delhi, Jul 9: Amit Shah, who delivered crucial Uttar Pradesh to BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, was today appointed party president, marking Gujarat's firm grip over the ruling dispensation after Narendra Modi's elevation as Prime Minister. Shah, a close and controversial aide of Modi, was appointed to the top post in BJP at a meeting of Parliamentary Board where incumbent Rajnath Singh

Thomson Reuters, a UK-based multi-media corporation, has recently released its report The Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014', listing more than 3200 scientists who are found as the leading contributors in some hot fields of scientific research during the previous year. The mention of top researchers around the world is based on their distinction earned due to the highest number of articles

Mangalore, Jul 9: A 17-year-old girl reportedly committed suicide by jumping off the bridge into Phalguni river at Gurpur here on Wednesday. The deceased, Mallika, youngest daughter of Padmanabh, a resident of Chilimbigudde had come near bridge by an auto rickshaw in the morning and jumped into the river. The exact reason for the extreme step is yet to be ascertained. Locals discovered her body

Mangalore, Jul 9: With social activists and doctors expressing displeasure over the poor rate of reporting and tackling malaria cases in the city, Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim directed Commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation and District Health Officer to chalk out an action plan to ensure that all hospitals and clinics in MCC and district limits report on the positive cases of malaria

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 8: Kerala government is looking into the possibility of offering its traditional ayurvedic treatment to Brazilian footballer Neymar for his fractured vertebrae. Amidst rumours in a section of media that Brazilian Football Federation has sought Kerala help, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told The Indian Express that the idea to give ayurvedic treatment to Neymar was mooted by

Mysore, Jul 9: The Congress in Karnataka is facing more trouble. After legislator Vijayanand Kashappanavar's alleged slapping of police constables, Congress leader Vishwanath's son Poorvaj is in the news for alleged vandalism at a roadside hotel near Hunsur town on Monday night. Hotel owner Sandesh alleged that Poorvaj and his friends came to the hotel on Monday night and demanded food and liquor

Mangalore, Jul 9: A woman appointed to operate Any Time Payment (ATP) machine installed at Mescom division office at Attavar has absconded with Rs 2.60 lakh cash that was in the machine. This is for the second time the theft of ATP machine has taken place in the city. It was in December 2012, the machine with Rs 3.29 lakh cash paid as electricity bill by the customers, was stolen. A man and a

Lucknow, Jul 9: Less than two months after the brutal gang-rape and murder of two teenaged cousins in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun district, three minor Dalit girls were allegedly gang-raped by seven people in the same district. The incident came to light on Tuesday after the parents of the victims, who had allegedly been gang-raped on Sunday, met senior officials and complained that the local police